War of 1812, Upper Canada War Loss Claims Numerical Index

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War of 1812, Upper Canada War Loss Claims Numerical Index War of 1812, Upper Canada War Loss Claims Numerical Index Compiled by Fred Blair Published January 28, 2017 Copyright Fred Blair Introduction The Collections Canada, War of 1812, Board of Claims and Losses documents are online at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/microform-digitization/006003-110.02- e.php?&q2=33&interval=50&sk=0&&PHPSESSID=nf5gb8qjdi09u45qfhi78sl726 War loss claims were initially made during or just after the war. As there were different commissions for losses to the British, the Americans, and Indians aiding both armies, a claimant may have made two or more separate claims. These claims were usually filed together but there was also a register of certificates supporting claims and pages were sometimes misfiled with other people’s claims. There were insufficient funds available to pay the claims immediately after the war and claims had to be resubmitted in 1823. Claims were rejected for a number of reasons, including fraud and lack of evidence. Agents were sometimes hired to appeal rejections or to facilitate the claim process. Carpenters, and other tradesmen, and merchants sometimes certified the value of lost items. Because of the delays in recompense some families were left destitute for over ten years after their loss. The ideal war loss claim included details for who, what, when, where, why, and how the loss occurred. However, many claims lacked some these details. Some documents were illegible or difficult to read. The claim registers in the collection were sometimes incomplete, illegible, or contained transcription errors. An effort has been made in the indices below to correct those problems. Even when documents were legible, determining who made the claim was not always easy because names were spelled phonetically and it was not unusual to find two or more different spellings for a surname on the same page. The first name for each claim below was usually the claimant. The claimant may also have been a widow, an heir, or an agent for the deceased’s estate. Additional names in these indices were generally principal witnesses to the loss or related events. The names of character references for the claimant and appraisers for the value of the loss have not been regularly included. Most claims also indicated who was responsible for causing the loss. The more detailed claims may even record the name, rank, and regiment of the person involved. There was limited space in the indices below for a lot of detail and claims were only categorized here as caused by the allies or the enemy. Losses to Indians aiding either side were not indicated. Some claims lacked a detailed list of what was lost while others gave detailed itemized lists of the contents of a stolen trunk or a burnt house. Generally, losses to the enemy were for property taken or destroyed. For the allies, the list of losses also included lost pay or payment for rent or goods delivered. Things lost included buildings, bridges, boats, merchandise, crops, livestock, trees, building materials, tools, household goods, food, clothing, books, currency, and many other items. Rather than an exact date for a loss, there may have been no date given, just the year, or just the month or season in a particular year. This information is included in some of the indices below but where there were multiple losses on different dates only the years may have been recorded. Another problem was discovering where the loss occurred. Most claims were indexed with the place where the claimant was living during the war but some were indexed with the place where the claim was submitted, the place where the claimant was living after the event, or the place where the loss occurred. Claims for losses were sometimes registered in major towns like York and Niagara because the claimant had travelled there from another community to have his claim prepared and submitted. A number of families moved during or after their loss and the claimants sometimes gave their place of residence at that time rather than where they were living when the loss occurred. An effort was made to use the claimant’s place of residence at the time of the event in the indices below. Why and how a loss occurred would have helped the commissioners determine the validity of the claim but this information was sometimes lacking as well. A number of interesting stories were reported by witnesses to some of the events. Rather than repeating the microfilm number for every claim the last two digits of that number were given with the first page of each claim. As an example, the claim starting on Microfilm t-1126, page 163 was abbreviated to 26-163. The last page of the claim was the page before the first page of the next claim. The claim after 26-163 was on 26-171, so the last page of 26-163 was page 170. Where claims papers were mixed with other claims, the first and last pages of each claim were recorded. Partial Index to Microfilms t-1122 to t-1144 Volumes Records Microfilm and page numbers 4357 Index (Claims 1 to 365 and 1874 to 2055) t-1122 22-47 4358 Registers (Claims 365 to 1121 and 1116 to 1874) t-1122 -363 3728-3731 Military Boards hearing claims t-1122 364- File 1: Niagara, 1813-1814 t-1122 366-394 File 2: Fort Wellington, 1815, Abstracts t-1122 395-418 File 3: London District, 1815, Abstracts t-1122 419- File 4: Kingston, 1815, Abstracts t-1122 File 5: Western District, 1815-1816, Abstracts t-1122 File 6: York, 1815-1816, Abstracts t-1122 773-844 3728 File 1, Niagara 1813-1814 Militia Claims t-1122 366-394 March 25, 1813 Number Claimant Microfilm-Page 1 Capt. John Hardy, 3rd Lincoln 22-366 2 Capt. Wm. Applegarth, 2nd York 3 Capt. John Applegarth, 2nd York 22-367 4 2nd York officer’s pay 5 2nd York officer’s lodging 6 Ben. Rickard 7 John Bonnet 8 John Ryckard, Grantham 9 Capt. James Cooper, 2nd Lincoln 10 2nd Lincoln 11 2nd Lincoln 12 Capt. David Bastido, 2nd Lincoln 22-368 13 Frances T. Lowell, St. David’s, Niagara 14 James Cannover 15 Geo. Cougher 16 Wm. Tacer 17 John Darby 18 Geo. Winterbottom 22-368 19 Isaiah Brown, St. David’s, Niagara 22-369 20 Wm. Wilson 22-368 21 Peter McCallum 22-369 22 Walter Tedrick, 4th Lincoln 23 John Clendennan 24 Geo. Anger 25 Thos. Howell 26 Thos. Howell 27 James Rogers, Queenston 22-370 28 John Daly 29 John Hoover 30 Ben. Hoover 31 Daniel Hoover 32 Lieut. O’Reilly, 2nd York 33 Geo. Johnston 34 Capt. John Secord 22-371 35 Col. Andrew Bradt 36 Capt. Sam. Ryckman, 2nd York 37 Lieut. Wm. Powers 38 David Lawrence 39 Adj. John Clark 40 Assa Land 41 Peter Lawrence 42 Henry Young, Barton 43 Mjr. Wm. Robertson, 1st Lincoln 22-372 44 Pay Master John Symmington 45 Amos Deacon 46 Joseph Brown 47 Hosias Bacchus, Thorold 48 Capt. Thos. Butler 49 Capt. Thos. Butler 50 Surgeon James Muirhead 22-374 51 Capt. Abel Cameron, Lincoln Artillery 52 Luke Carrol 53 James Bunting, St. David’s, Niagara 54 Isiah Osmer, Grimsby 55 David Gardner, Saltfleet 22-375 56 Sam. Thompson 57 Abel Land, Barton 58 Daniel Secord, Niagara 59 John Woolman, Niagara 60 Gilbert Fields 61 James Cummins & James Macklem 62 Capt. Hardy, 3rd Lincoln 22-376 63 Capt. Wm. Applegarth, 2nd Lincoln 64 John Misener 65 Moses Doan 66 Lieut. Jacob J. Ball, Prov. Artillery 67 Qtr. Mstr. James Roberston, 3rd Lincoln 68 Wm. D. Millar 69 Lieut. Atkinson, 2nd York 70 Thos. Lundy, 22-378 71 John Pettit, Saltfleet 72 McKam & McEwen, Niagara Town 73 Private Robt. Kerr, 5th Lincoln 74 Wm. H. Lee, Talbot 75 John Hill 76 Donald/Daniel Rose, Queenston 22-380 77 Abraham Hoi 78 James Henry, Clinton 79 Sam Street Jr., Stamford 22-381 80 Wm. Vanderlip 81 Sam. Hatt 22-380 82 Gilbert King + 22-381 83 John Secord, Niagara 22-382 84 Crowell Wilson, Crowland 85 Israel Burtch, Louth 86 John Yeigh, Burford 87 Adam Congle, Clinton 88 John Fralick Sr., Stamford 89 Asa Flint, Willoughby 22-383 90 Adj. John Clark, 4th Lincoln 91 Capt. Henry Buchner, 3rd Lincoln 92 1st Lincoln lodging 93 Adj. Lafferty 22-384 94 Capt. Thos. Butler, 4th Lincoln 95 John McMicking 96 Grant Kerby 97 Nathan Caswell, Chippawa, Stamford 22-385 98 Capt. James Kerby, Prov. Artillery 99 Private Joseph Phinney, 3rd Lincoln 100 Private Daniel Casswell, Lt. Dragoons 22-386 101 Ajd. Andrew Rorback, 2nd Lincoln 102 James Secord, Queenston 103 Thos. Cummings, Chippawa, Stamford 104 Capt. John Muirhead, 3rd Lincoln 22-388 105 Edward Dunfield, Stamford 106 Calvin Cook, Stamford 107 Stephen Brown, Stamford 108 Juothlam Casswell, Chippawa. Stamford 109 Geo. Whitehead 110 Fred. Ashlach 111 Thos. Chase, Chippawa, Stamford 22-389 112 Sgt. John MacIntosh, 3rd Lincoln 113 Joshua Peu, Chippawa, Stamford 114 Geo. A. Ackhart 115 Pay Master Street 22-390 116 Corp. Wm. Jeffect, 41st Regt. 117 Christopher Bouchner, Stamford 118 David Berger, Bertie 119 Christian Ricely 120 Private Patrick Gershan, 41st Regt. 22-391 121 Capt. John Decow, 2nd Lincoln 122 2nd Lincoln officer’s pay 123 Peter Plato 22-392 124 Dennis Kerby, 41st Regt. 125 John Hier, Niagara 126 John Putman, Bertie 127 Capt. John Baxter, 3rd Lincoln 22-393 128 Andrew Miller, Bertie 129 John Hare, Bertie 22-394 130 Abraham Secord, Niagara Volumes 3729 Rough Drafts 3730 Correspondence related to claims, 4 files 1815-1824 3731 Later correspondence, 1825-1848 3232-3737 Assorted Indexes, registers, and schedules (3737 rough drafts) 3732 File 1 Index and Registers t-1124 88-134 Alphabetical register 106 File 2 Registers by t-1124 135- Class 1, Div.
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